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My Advice

My Problem

I got a new laptop and thought that I'd give fixing up the old (late 2008 MacBook Pro) a try. If I failed, I'd still have the new laptop, so why not.

My Fix

I ended up replacing the battery (super easy), hard drive (up from 256G to 1TB, SSD/HD hybrid, fantastic!), and upped the RAM (4G to 8G). The key to the whole thing was iFixit's little screwdriver set. Without this I probably would have stripped the screws. With this set (and their guides), it was a piece of cake. And for a fraction of the cost (1/10!) the old laptop is almost like new :)

My Advice

Get the screwdriver set, it's worth it!

My Problem

I got a new laptop and thought that I'd give fixing up the old (late 2008 MacBook Pro) a try. If I failed, I'd still have the new laptop, so why not.

My Fix

I ended up replacing the battery (super easy), hard drive (up from 256G to 1TB, SSD/HD hybrid, fantastic!), and upped the RAM (4G to 8G). The key to . . .

My Problem

My Fix

My Advice

My Problem

Battery on Macbook late 2008 started to swell, risking eventually in blocking my mouse pad. Time for a new battery, but Apple stopped supporting this senior notebook of mine. Enter the search, enter iFixit.

My Fix

Friendly Apple store collaborator in Mechelen, Belgium pointed me to iFxit. Clicking in iFixit brought me automatically to the necessary replacement battery. Order, and quick delivery during end of year holidays. Tutorial instructions where clear as !&&*, click open, replace, close and done! All in 3 minutes.

Strange that European branch of iFixit didn't have battery in stock, where overseas it happened to be hopping impatiently to come to Belgium? Disadvantage of decentralized warehousing processes? A raw battle between the overseas dept and European branch? A question a web-user could ask, since both dept's are a mouse-click away.

My Advice

Stacked iFixit in my favourites, and this experience lowered the fear of fumbling around with my notebook myself. Hope to enjoy my 2008 MacBook still for a very long time.

Thx, iFixit

My Problem

Battery on Macbook late 2008 started to swell, risking eventually in blocking my mouse pad. Time for a new battery, but Apple stopped supporting this senior notebook of mine. Enter the search, enter iFixit.

My Fix

My Problem

Trackpad wasn't working right so replaced an old, swelling battery with a new battery

My Fix

Simple! Took the old battery out and replaced with new one. Good to go again!

My Advice

If you have an older Macbook Pro and notice the trackpad behaving strangely, could be time for a new battery. The battery swells after awhile and presses against the trackpad making it harder to function correctly. This is a common fix for the problem.

My Problem

Trackpad wasn't working right so replaced an old, swelling battery with a new battery

My Fix

Simple! Took the old battery out and replaced with new one. Good to go again!

My Advice

If you have an older Macbook Pro and notice the trackpad behaving strangely, could be time for a new battery. The battery swells after awh . . .